In a speech that was delivered in front of people by the President of the United States in such a way that it could actually be heard by those people, Donald Trump directed General Joseph Dunford — who may or may not have been aware that it was coming — to begin the process of creating a space force.

A space force.

A Space Force.

"We must have American dominance in space." Trump says he's directing the Pentagon to develop a "space force" as the sixth branch of the military. pic.twitter.com/31TGYtjKtd

This is not a joke. This is a real thing that our President, who is not played by Terry Crews, has proposed. And he wants it to be “separate but equal” to the Air Force, which may or may not be a dog whistle, but even the racists can’t hear it over the sound of the Space Force rockets.

Trump says he is ordering Pentagon to create a US Space Force to be “separate but equal” to the Air Force

I went diligently through Twitter thinking I might find at least one person who is in support of this proposal, but so far — and it’s early yet — I can’t even find a Twitter egg or a Russian Twitter bot who thinks, “Huh! Cool. Space Force!”

There were plenty of reactions, however.

"We'll take all the kidnapped children and make them into Space Marines for our new Space Force. See, creating jobs!"

I never want to hear someone say “Yes, I’d be great if we could give everyone health care, but HOW are we gonna pay for it?” now that President Starship Troopers just made “Space Force” a thing https://t.co/zecOMv3CuW